Badger's Pleasure Excursion Brochure

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Badger's Pleasure Excursion Brochure

Entry/Object ID

MWM2022.0007.0004

Scope and Content

The cover of the Badger's Pleasure Excursions features prints of hotels, sailboats, steamboats, trains, mountains, and water. Also printed on the cover is, "Badger's Pleasure Excursions, Including* Traveling* Expenses, Three Grand Tours for September, Hoosac Tunnel, Hudson River, New York, White Mountains." The back of the brochure features a print of the Hathaway Building with a label printed under the image and has the following printed, "C.H. Badger, Badger's Luncheon, 614 Atlantic Avenue, Boston., C.A. Pinkham & Co., Printers" The inside cover features a print of a steamboat, and has "Steamer "City of New York,"" printed underneath. The following page outline Autumn Tour Number One through the Hoosac Tunnel on the Hudson River in New York. The dates and length of the trip are identified in mid-September. It describes what will be seen on the tour, where the passenger will go, an itinerary, ticket restrictions, information, and the cost of the tour. The next page describes Autumn Tour Number Two through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The dates of the trip are identified as "leaving Boston on September 22 and returning September 25." It also indicates the length of the trip. Specific points of interest indicated are, "White Mountains, White Mountain Notch, Crawford's, and Mount Willard." Particular highlights in the tour include ascending Mount Washington, "via the World-famed Mt. Washington Railroad, and descending the mountain in mountain carriages to the new and elegant Glen House, visiting Crystal Cascades, Glen Ellis Falls, passing in full view of Tuckerman's Ravine." The itinerary spells out specific times, transportation, hotels, sights, and meals on the voyage. Following the itinerary everything included in the price of the tour is listed with ticket restrictions and information. The White Mountain tour price is indicated as $27.00. The second to last pages explain Autumn Tour Number Three through the Hoosac Tunnel on the Hudson River in New York. The dates and length of the trip are identified as happening at the end of September and into the start of October. It describes what will be seen on the tour, where the passenger will go, an itinerary, ticket restrictions, information, and the cost of the tour. Although Tour Number Three is essentially the same as Tour Number One with different dates, the printer used different font sizes and emphasized different items from the first tour. The last page of the brochure advertises for Badger's Luncheon. Printed on the page is, "614 Atlantic Avenue., Seats Reserved for Ladies., Cool Dining-Room, Quick Service, Pleasant Waiters, Moderate Prices., New Hathaway Building, 614 Atlantic Avenue, Food of Summer St., Next to N.Y. & N.E. Railroad Depot, Boston."

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2022.0007

Source or Donor

Found in Collections

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Brochure

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mountains, Rivers

Search Terms

White Mountains (New Hampshire : mountains)

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1891

General Notes

Note

Scan ID#: WM20230002039, WM20230002040, WM20230002041, WM20230002042, WM20230002043, Other Date: WM20230002044, WM20230002045